Shredded

Happy June!

I'm not really shredded (yet), but I did finish the 30 Day Shred!  I did it in 5 weeks: 6 days a week, taking Thursdays off (my Thursday schedule during the school year is crazy).

Gotta say, annoying as she is, Jillian knows what she's talking about.  Granted, I've also been eating meticulously over the past month and a half (and thanks to My Fitness Pal, I know everything I've consumed over the past 5 or so weeks), but I think this really works.  I don't have a scale so I'm not sure what my weight difference is, but I put on a pair of jeans the other day that haven't fit in over a year.  And I can see a lot of definition in my legs.

My motivation?  BATHING SUIT SEASON.  Yikes!

anthropologie.com

Swooning over this one from Anthropologie, but not having a lot of luck elsewhere.  Where have you gotten your bathing suits this season?

Now that the 30 Day Shred is done, I need some new goals.  Thinking of starting here:

1. Exercise 4 days a week

2. Read ten books this summer

3. Send poems out to literary journals (two submissions per week)

4. Call my grandma weekly

5. Create an account at mint.com and/or read the book that my friend Christina recommended, Total Money Makeover, in order to start being an adult about finances.

What's in store for you this month?

Productivity

Happy New Year to all of us and Happy One Year to my blog. :)  It was on January 1st of last year that I sat down to write a blog all about PROGRESS-my word for 2010--and now I'm back and thinking about my new word, PRODUCTIVITY!  Here's a look back at my very first blog entry.

Today I headed up to my dear Freitags to cook up the annual black eyed peas and collard greens (and also my mama's cheese biscuits, which I have unfortunately perfected).  Here's to extra helpings of luck and money in 2011!

These are some areas in which I'm hoping to be especially productive this year:

from

Working on my home.  I've been putting off so many projects--hanging curtains & artwork, really cleaning & organizing, making my space amazing!  

from

Writing.  I spent three years in graduate school for Creative Writing and now I don't even write a poem every week!  It's ridiculous.  So, I'm beckoning the God of Productivity to give me some guidance so that I write more in 2011 and actual send poems out to magazines.  

from

Exercise.  It's easy to put this on the back burner when you're busy . . . but I gotta get with the program, because I don't feel good when I'm not exercising.  Yoga, dance, hiking, running, here I come!

from

Being a better teacher, which for me mostly means being more conscientious about lesson plans--really researching the best resources, reading more books about curriculum, etc.  

What's your word for 2011?